"Compile Java" and "Run Java Application" options in Notepad ++ ?

[dmstn]

Is it possible to add those options in Notepad ++ ?
Your help would be appreciated very much.
Thanks in advance.

[r035198x]

Is it possible to add those options in Notepad ++ ?
Your help would be appreciated very much.
Thanks in advance.

Under the run tab, click "Run ..."

Then in the textbox provided type
javac NameOfJavaFile.java

To run it use the java command.
I hope your console doesn't disappear too quickly as does mine such that everytime when I write scripts in notepad++ I compile them from the windows command prompt .

[dmstn]

Ah, I see. Useful.
But yeah. The DOS window disappeared quickly when I ran the program.
Thanks anyway.

[alexgt89]

I've found the way to compile & run Java applications from Notepad++ with just one hotkey.
First of all, go to the directory where you have installed Notepad++ and create a new file called CompileJava.bat
then open it and enter these lines (without line numbers):

@echo off
path=%path%;"<path to your BIN directory of JDK>"
@echo on
javac %1
java %2
pause
 

Save the file and exit.
After that, open Notepad++ and press F5. Fill in the box in the small window that appears with (without line number):

$(NPP_DIRECTORY)\CompileJava.bat $(FILE_NAME) $(NAME_PART)
 

then press the Save button, give a name to the shortcut and select the hotkey. Press Ok. Now open a java source and press the hotkey you've selected and you will see your program compiling & running!

[BigDaddyLH]

There are several free editors that can do this and more, for example TextPad:

http://www.textpad.com/

It's a basic editor, but it does syntax coloring of Java and comes with menu items to compile and run Java (CTRL+1 and CTRL+2). One of its other features is that it captures compiler error messages in a window, and clicking on a specific error message causes you to jump to the corresponding line in your source code.

[Alexandre Leite]

TextPad isn't free. It's shareware ("try before you buy").

[Nepomuk]

There's an old trick to stop the box closing so that you can read whatever it prints out: Right at the end of the main function add the line

System.in.read();

That way, it will wait for you to input something before it closes. It's not very aesthetic, I know, but it works.

Greetings,
Nepomuk